Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 23:17
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 417 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 63.6 59% 69.1 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 57.2 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22378 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1612 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 86 86 439 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B5) Unknown 100 100 29751337096494 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 216 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 565 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 86 86 14 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	52.4% Above average	Read 498 Write 120 Mixed 173 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 10 74% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 67 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 4.49 26% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 81%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 916GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 178 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192792 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 79 Mixed 103 73% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 296GB free Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150399134 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 418606790 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 37705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2437 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63532 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 39 150399134 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 92 Mixed 85.6 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 87GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 107 107 38685245907 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 18887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3576 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 20652 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 20652 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 163209871393 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	23.7% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.1 Mixed 39.9 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,272x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	392x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	107x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	101x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16